OnePlus 2 Now Available for Purchase, But You Need an Invite

The OnePlus 2, the long awaited sequel to last year’s OnePlus One, is now available for purchase. However, as most of you should already know, you can’t head over and purchase it quite yet, unless you have an invite to do so.

Ahead of launch, OnePlus stated they would have much more inventory on-hand then they did last year, so here’s hoping those of you on the 3 million+ waitlist won’t have to wait for months to receive an invite.

Once you do receive an invite, two models are available to choose from. One features 64GB of built-in storage, plus 4GB of RAM, priced at $389.99. The other features 16GB of storage and 3GB of RAM, priced at $329.99.

We played with the OnePlus 2 quite a bit a couple of weeks ago, so check out the below hands-on video.

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kamal

is any one have the invite … ??

Dave12308

I’ll send THEM an invite to suck my fat juicy cock……………..

Zack Kolev

This invite BS is such a turn off. I automatically skip most OnePlus articles because of it. Just now realizing I don’t know any of the specs for this phone because of it. Well, I know it doesn’t have NFC and wireless charging but has USB type C…

mrjayviper

From the USA today Carl Pei interview: “We just wanted to make the best Android phone, and put as much care into the product as Apple puts into their products.”

Apple and others actually care about their customer by providing good/best after sales service

Heartless12

I’m so over this lame company with their invite system and the lack of Verizon like they’re dead ass useless and Im patiently waiting on their stretched 15 mins to run out

Wow…i dropped from being in the 24,000 range all the way down to 91,000. Lame.

Erik Tyler

The invite system will be worse this year than last. OnePlus is nothing but false promises and outright lies. It’ll be next to impossible to actually buy one in 2015…

epps720

Invite system is horrendous and the purchase of this will probably be a mess the one thing OnePlus does is make a REALLY good phone at a good price.

Maxim∑

200 people showed up in line for the event in France this morning, they only had 20 units available.

Erik Tyler

I rest my case…

epps720

but that’s 10x more than they had last year.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

Nope. They were 100% on my radar… I really like my OnePlus One…….but I’m leading the #NoNFCNoThanks bandwagon. We’ll see what Samsung does with the NOTE 5 this week. I’m already looking past the Moto X because they are trying to launch WAY too close to Nexus season for my liking.

epps720

For me NFC comes down to if Samsung can really work their magic with Samsung Pay and live up to the hype. That’s the only way I’ll use NFC that often. Otherwise I don’t use it now and I change phones often enough where by the time I will really want to use it I’ll buy a new phone.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

Samsung is doing the MagStripe thing too…but there are payment pads everywhere… even before Google Wallet was a think these pads were available and it’s only going to become more prevalent with Apple being on board

Tyler Durden

See what they do? What else is there to see lol

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

Features. I’m always pretty interested in what they add software wise for the Note line. I already like the design…..Oh and they need to fix the aggressive RAM issue on the S6. They don’t need to do much, they’ve impressed me this year so far.

Tyler Durden

Enough features to take up a whopping 2GB+ of RAM so they better be damn good

faganm24

Interested, but no Verizon makes this a deal breaker. And I want the new Moto X Style Pure Edition 2015 Edition Unlocked Phone.

Tyler Durden

I wonder what the unlocked 64GB version will retail for.

bose301s

At least $450.

Tyler Durden

More considering the $399 is 16GB.

bose301s

I thought it was the 32GB that was $399 and no 16GB?

Tyler Durden

Nope, 16/32/64

bose301s

Well, then the 64GB will be at least $500.

Tyler Durden

Which is too much.

noodsquared

64GB would be $499 since every 16GB, they raise $50 looking at their history. $399 for 16GB, $449 for 32GB and $499 for 64GB.

needa

in m, sd cards can act as internal memory. the 399 is all you need to pay to have tons of internal storage.

Tyler Durden

I still like internal more. But that’s just me

needa

i agree. and if you swap sd cards at all… this really is not an option. you would need to pony up the extra bucks. but still worth mentioning if it means saving peeps some money.

noodsquared

But you can’t install apps on sd card, right? I know on Note 4 the sd functionality was broken and I don’t remember much about sd before that since every phone after that, I haven’t messed with SD or I couldn’t lol

needa

In m, you can set the SD card to act like internal storage, or leave it as external.it is pretty awesome tbh. A quick search for Android m SD card will explain it a lot better than I can.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

$529 not a dime less than that.

Keith

You mean the one that works on Verizon?

Tyler Durden

That most folks don’t care because they’re on another carrier? Sure.

Keith

So Verizon and their user base is irrelevant… lmao

Tyler Durden

No, but I’d like to see a percentage of Verizon users who care about unlocked devices.

Keith

You’re too much man. OnePlus, in all their follies, can do no wrong in your eyes. You have to be trolling. HAVE to be. No other explanation for this much fanboism.

DL just ran a poll recently 59% of DL users have Verizon, 20% Tmo, 9% ATT, and only 8% have a prepaid plan. The fact that Verizon will no longer be subsidizing phones is the key reason that all of these companies should make their unlocked phones with CDMA radios. Obviously OnePlus didn’t know Verizon is going this route.

Sorry, OnePlus. It has been fun but I am leaving you for a new Moto X. I hope we can stay friends.

bose301s

Inferior phone for more money, have fun!

Will ⚽

Inferior? I think you mixed up the spec sheets.

Tyler Durden

Not inferior, but not quite as amazing as 810/4GB/3300mAh.

bose301s

Not as good means inferior, pretty much the definition of the word.

Will ⚽

Software plays a major role in that too. I can’t wait for the reviews but regardless Android wins with competitive manufacturers.

Tyler Durden

OxygenOS is pretty sleeeeek

bose301s

Name 1 spec where the X beats the OP2.

Will ⚽

Nfc.. that was too easy. Quick charge.. Radio bands, missing the largest US Carrier

Tyler Durden

As yes those make it so much more superior.

Will ⚽

Charging in a fraction of the time does make that aspect superior.

Tyler Durden

I guess to the 1%. I haven’t found it useful yet. Just leave it on charger overnight.

Will ⚽

“the 1%” = anybody but you.

Tyler Durden

lol, just like NFC – outside DL, I doubt anyone cares or notices.

epps720

Too me Fast Charging is nice but only necessary on a phone with a terrible battery like my S6. The 1+2 should hopefully last all day and not make this an issue

bose301s

IT doesn’t though, OPO charges faster than most QC phones including the Moto X 2014 which had a smaller battery and QC, so again, you’re wrong.

“Somewhat surprisingly, the OnePlus One does a great job in this test, coming quite close to other devices with QC 2.0 fast chargers like the Galaxy Note 4 which is definitely good to see. Overall, this makes the OnePlus One one of the best phablets on the market for battery life.”
-Anandtech review

NFC is basically unused, Quick Charge unneeded, the OPO without it charged faster than some phones with it, so it’s pointless.

Will ⚽

It charges faster than ones with quick charge? Now I know you’re delusional. An SD card slot too. #NeverSettle

bose301s

Yup, look up tests, Anandtech does good charging tests, the OPO charges from empty to full in under 2 hours. faster than the Moto X 2014 which had both quick charging and a much smaller battery, so, who’s delusional now? In fact the only phones that charged faster than the OPO were the Note 4, Nexus 6 and S5, again, proving you 100% wrong.

NFC is unused…until you start using it. Even if you never do, you can simply disable it. I’d rather have the option than not have the option.
“Quick Charge is unneeded” is the most ridiculous argument I’ve heard in a long time. Once you have a device with QC, you will never want to go back to non-QC.

bose301s

OPO doesn’t officially have it and I don’t miss it, at all, then again it charges fast as hell.

I’ve used NFC and it’s less convenient than using a credit card or just sending someone a link or image through Hangouts, it’s a novelty.

flosserelli

You completely missed the point. If you don’t have any use for NFC, that’s fine. Don’t use it. Turn it off. But for the people that DO use it, not having the option is a potential dealbreaker. This is completely counter to the whole “Never Settle” campaign.

flosserelli

It is all relative. Besides, by the time I get an invite to purchase a OP2 it will be eclipsed by something else, so it will effectively be “old & busted” before I get it.

epps720

I’m around 130,000 so I have a long wait. Either way don’t think I’m interested as I have to wait and see the better device they have planned for later this year.

needa

it is based on design, not specs. it depends on what ‘better’ means to you.

epps720

No idea what the new one will be. Heard the CEO say something along the lines of the next device being his daily driver. Why SETTLE for this device when apparently a better one is just months away.

bose301s

It’s just a mini version, not a higher spec’d version, actually lower spec’d.

epps720

If by mini they come in at 5.0″ to 5.2″ I may be sold. Had the original 1+1 and the phone was just a little too big for me, then had the Z3C and that was a little too small. 5.0 – 5.2 is the sweet spot (for me at least)

needa

pei said this a couple or three months ago in an interview.

bose301s

No where was it said that it’s a better device coming later this year and 99% of the speculation is that it will be a mid-range 5″ phone with an SD6XX chipset, less RAM and less storage.

epps720

Below was taken directly from a DL article (link below). While it doesn’t state specifically if it will be better specs doesn’t exactly say it won’t be either. So like I said why buy this phone when there MAY be a better phone a couple months from now.

On a semi-related note, Pei did briefly touch on the subject of the near future, which includes another OnePlus phone. He said that it “may or may not be” higher spec’d than the OnePlus 2 and that the first words out of his mouth when seeing it were “Holy sh*t that’s going to be my daily driver.” Umm yeah, so the OnePlus 2 is great and all, but the next phone might be even better.

Have you checked your position recently? I’ve seen a couple of people in the forums state that they started somewhere around 120,000 and 400,000 and both have been pushed down to 3 million. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s due to the invite list hack people used to jump others

epps720

yeah I checked it right before I posted this. Think I started a little higher initially but didn’t move a crazy amount like that.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

I started at 31000 now I’m in 91000… I expected to fall further.

epps720

I wonder if it’s because I was relatively active on their forums for the first phone, bought it and handed out some invites. Who knows. Or maybe their making up for the RMD non-sense I had to deal with the first time around.